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Memories from Iran

By Andy | Published: August 21, 2009

I wanted to write something more about my experience in Iran. At the time I didn’t write much on the blog. But I did write a lot in my diary which will appear in a book in the future. Some experiences stay in my mind in particular. They started at Agarak, the Armenian-Iranian border. I remember [...]

Posted in Expedition Journal, Georgia, Iran | Also tagged bam, culture, Cycling, desert, history, Iran, isfahan, kerman, memories, Philosophy, south iran, yazd | Leave a comment

Frustration

By Andy | Published: February 25, 2009

Having arrived in Delhi, I had been wishfully thinking that I would pick up Pakistan and Iran visas again and make my way by public transport back to Turkey.

Posted in Expedition Journal, India | Also tagged Borders, Bureaucracy, Caucasus, Challenge, Delhi, Embassy, Forgetfulness, India, Iran, Motivation, Music, Nepal, Pakistan, Productive, The Streets, Transition, Visas, Waiting | Leave a comment

Cycling Nepal

By Andy | Published: February 23, 2009

I left Kathmandu and cycled through the smokey diesel traffic of the suburbs up out of the valley. I was not used to the mountains but glad to be back on a gradient and off the flat.

Posted in Expedition Journal, India, Nepal | Also tagged Adventure, Biscuits, Botanical Gardens, Chang, Charity, Chay, Cleat Problems, Climbing, Dead Body, Delhi, Guesthouse, Himalaya, John Peel, Kathmandu, Maoists, Monkeys, Mountains, Mutton, Nepali Film, Old Men, Pan Masala, Rice, Saddhu, School, Siddharta Highway, Suburbs, Temple, Terai, Theft, Trees, Tribhuvan Highway, Valleys, Volunteering, Wild Camping | 2 Comments

Today

By Andy | Published: January 15, 2009

I intended to get up again at 5 this morning like I did yesterday. However, unfortunately today there was no mosquito to bite me and make me feel a bit strange and thus like getting up. Only my alarm clock which I was able to ignore twice. Eventually at 8 I naturally woke up. I [...]

Posted in Expedition Journal | Also tagged Alarm Clock, Bombay, Central Asia, Coffee, Cold Water, Funds, Future Route Plans, Georgia, Getting Up, Ideas, Internet Cafe, Joy, Lateral Thinking, Mosquitoes, Nepal, Post Office, Reassurance, Rickshaw, Ride Earth, Right Decisions, Shampoo, Shower, Soap, Tent, Tibet | Leave a comment

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